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Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:27:53 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.1Journalist Ted Nesi ’07 is the newshttp://wheatoncollege.edu/quarterly/2013/06/12/journalist-ted-nesi-07-news/
http://wheatoncollege.edu/quarterly/2013/06/12/journalist-ted-nesi-07-news/#respondWed, 12 Jun 2013 08:05:00 +0000http://wheatoncollege.edu/quarterly/?p=8041While Ted Nesi is best known for writing about political news in Rhode Island, he also often ends up in the news himself. On January 9, the Providence Phoenix published an article titled “WPRI’s ambitious play for the Ocean State’s screens” featuring Nesi. With the Providence Journal’s decision to create a pay wall (accessible to paying subscribers) last year, WPRI, where Nesi works, hopes to provide more free coverage for Rhode Island. Nesi’s blog will help to provide much of this coverage, as it has in the past. As the first blogger for WPRI, Nesi has made an impact in the world of Rhode Island political coverage and is the face of the future for WPRI’s ambitious endeavor, according to the news article. Nesi’s own ambition has paid dividends for the station in the past. After stints with the Sun Chronicle (Attleboro, Mass.) and Providence Business News as a print reporter and website editor, Nesi pitched his idea of starting a local political blog with the depth and readablility of Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein’s national political blog to then WRPI general manager Jay Howell. Howell, now vice president for regional television for LIN Media, the Providence-based company that owns WPRI and 42 other television stations across the country, talked about Nesi’s pitch in the article: “I still have the email, it’s really terrific: ‘you should hire me, here’s why.’” While Nesi originally was not scheduled to appear on television as a blogger, his blogging on Rhode Island’s pension reform and the collapse of tax-supported 38 Studios video-game company brought him on air. He currently is a regular panelist on Newsmakers and has his own show, Executive Suite, where he talks with local business leaders. Also, in 2011, Politico.com listed Nesi as one of 50 political observers to watch in the blogger category. The national spotlight on his work began while he was still at Wheaton, where he graduated summa cum laude. His senior honor thesis on Senator Edward Kennedy was cited by the late senator himself in his book True Compass: A Memoir.
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http://wheatoncollege.edu/quarterly/2013/03/26/minute/#respondTue, 26 Mar 2013 20:12:36 +0000http://wheatoncollege.edu/quarterly/?p=7470Lindsay Powell ’13

Lindsay Powell, a sociology major who is minoring in political science, is preparing for a career in international human rights policy. During her time at Wheaton, the Student Government Association president and Posse Scholar has gained a great deal of valuable experience in the ways of the world through her travels.

Good guidance: My advisor, Professor Hyun Kim, has been pivotal in guiding and supporting my academic career and personal goals on campus and for life after Wheaton. Her class “Conflict and Genocide” opened my eyes. The class thoroughly explored the gross human rights violations that have plagued the past century and examined their causes from a historical, theoretical and political lens. I was amazed by her passion, not only for the subject but also by her belief that we could individually change the course of history by engaging in meaningful human rights work. Since then, she has fueled my passion for international human rights and policy. Nicaragua experience: I found the opportunity to work abroad for the first time in Nicaragua through the Filene Center, and received funding through summer stipends from the SGA and Posse. I worked in the rural area of Rivas, teaching in Spanish in four underserved public primary schools. This experience really sparked my interest in international travel and cultural exchanges. Vietnam adventure: For my junior semester abroad, I wanted to go somewhere I wouldn’t be able to travel to in any other part of my life. The Center for Global Education staff suggested Vietnam. I was also curious about how the history and the socialist background created or influenced the construction of Vietnamese identity. As a part of my program, I received an amazing opportunity to do an internship with a human trafficking reintegration shelter, where I shadowed the counselors and interacted with the women. This experience was amazing. I felt like I connected with the women. Hearing their stories of abuse, neglect and ultimately liberation was so humbling. South Africa service: Last summer, I had an opportunity to intern in Cape Town as a Davis International Fellow. All summer I worked for a human rights organization called Africa Unite, which spreads awareness of human rights issues as they pertain to refugees and township people, and promotes social cohesion in local communities that are having difficulty resolving them on their own. The wonderful people at Africa Unite immediately allowed me to join their project on gang violence, which is working to examine why township youth are joining gangs. I also created a project called Hear Me that fused together the creative arts and positive self-expression into a two-month project for the afterschool program run in one of the townships.